Senate Commerce Committee Approves 14 Bills and Advances Two Nominations

The Senate Commerce Committee advanced  14 bills and two nominations, Mark Meador to be a Federal Trade Commissioner (Roll call vote: 20 Yeas, 8 Nays) and Michael Kratsios to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Roll call vote: 24 Yeas, 4 Nays). The approved legislation covers a wide swath of the Commerce Committee’s broad jurisdiction, including, oceans, space exploration, consumer protection, semiconductor manufacturing, and industrial supply chains. The legislation, passed by voice vote, includes:

• S. 28, Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act (Cruz, Cantwell, Curtis)
• S. 97, Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act (Peters, Blackburn)
• S. 244, ROUTERS Act as amended by Lujan 1 (Blackburn, Lujan)
• S. 323, PLAN for Broadband Act as amended by Cantwell 1, as modified and Wicker 1 (Wicker, Lujan)
• S. 428, SAFE Orbit Act as amended by Cantwell 1, as modified (Cornyn, Peters, Wicker, Blackburn, Hickenlooper, Schmitt, Lujan)
• S. 841, Romance Scam Prevention Act as amended by the Blackburn substitute, as modified (Blackburn, Hickenlooper)